Juggling and Zen

29 April 2014

The draft of this post was sitting in my mind since I’ve started periodically
throwing things in the air and trying to catch them all.

Juggling. People tend to think about juggling as a circus skill.
But it’s not like that anymore. Since 90-s juggling became a popular hobby
among people leading an active lifestyle. It’s saving me from spending my
whole day staring at infinite flow of coloured letters in a terminal windows.

You remember this state when your mind is clear and your attention is focused
on a problem you’re working on right now. You are living in the current moment
and time seems to fall away. Some people call it “zone” or “flow”.

I love this moments. Everyone love them. But it’s hard to get in there.
There is no magical spell that can get you “into the zone” (but I’m always will be praying for it).
I found that juggling helps me with this problem - in 5 minutes of juggling
I can feel myself relaxed, confident and ready to work on anything.
It transfers my mind to the place where everything seems to be clear and in the right order.

When I’m stuck with my tasks, everything is broken and world is falling apart
I just step back from the computer and juggle.

When I’m happy, the task is done and everything is ok I step back from the computer and juggle.